C. Raja Mohan holds the Korea Chair at the Council for Strategic and Defence Research, Delhi and is a contributing editor on international affairs for The Indian Express.

February 08, 2023 07:20 IST
New global defence engagements open up possibilities for modernising its defence industrial base in partnership with friendly states, writes C. Raja Mohan.
Thu, Feb 09, 2023
February 01, 2023 07:20 IST
China can ramp up, at will, the military pressure on the disputed border with India; Delhi depends on Russian military supplies to cope with the PLA challenge; and Moscow is now a junior partner to Beijing. It is not a nice place for Delhi to be in
Sat, Feb 04, 2023
January 26, 2023 07:18 IST
The renewed engagement with Egypt is about consolidating India’s new coalition with moderate Sunni states in the Middle East, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. It could help promote peace and stability in the Middle East and South Asia
Fri, Jan 27, 2023
January 18, 2023 07:10 IST
Japan is leading the way to show that the security of Europe, Indo-Pacific is indivisible. For Delhi, there are opportunities and challenges, writes C. Raja Mohan.
Wed, Jan 18, 2023
January 11, 2023 07:26 IST
India should avoid the temptation of building a bloc against the developed North. Instead, offer sustainable economic cooperation to the Global South through national, regional, and global institutions to further joint causes
Sun, Aug 27, 2023
January 04, 2023 07:16 IST
India’s G20 leadership would be a success if it can prevent the complete breakdown of the multilateral system and generate major power consensus on a few issues.
Tue, Jan 10, 2023
December 27, 2022 07:38 IST
To understand how the war in Ukraine might play out and its longer-term consequences for India, Delhi's discourse must pay greater attention to the turbulent history of Russia and its troubled relations with its Central European neighbours
Wed, Dec 28, 2022
December 06, 2022 07:16 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: India now has the material power and political will to lead the Global South. However, a tailored Indian policy is needed to address concerns of different regions and the messy regional politics within the developing world.
Tue, Dec 06, 2022
November 29, 2022 07:10 IST
There is no question that our western neighbourhood has begun to evolve a little faster – if unevenly and in a non-linear fashion. Delhi must make the best of these opportunities and limit the damage from the lingering effects of 1979.
Fri, Dec 02, 2022
November 21, 2022 14:01 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: India has much distance to travel before it catches up with the rest of the world in private sector participation in space programmes.
Tue, Nov 22, 2022
November 14, 2022 18:21 IST
Asia hoped that Russia could be a valuable ‘third force’ for a region that was being sandwiched between America and China. But in aligning with China, pursuing an impossible sphere of influence in Central Europe, and launching a costly but failed invasion of a brother nation in Europe, Putin has further marginalised his country in Asia
Tue, Nov 15, 2022
November 08, 2022 05:08 IST
The Ukraine conflict seems to have reached a deadlock. We are in a new phase in the conflict in which diplomacy could play a larger role. There might be many modest and practical ways in which Indian diplomacy could participate.
Sat, Nov 12, 2022
November 01, 2022 04:28 IST
As the world's fifth largest economy with the third largest defence budget, India’s material capabilities gives it an opportunity to influence the international order. South Block has been aligning the national political will with new international possibilities.
Tue, Nov 01, 2022
October 18, 2022 04:10 IST
Indian and American policies are converging. For both Delhi and Washington, Beijing presents the main national challenges. The current churn offers a promising opportunity for collaboration
Wed, Oct 19, 2022
October 11, 2022 04:10 IST
India should focus instead on the long-term consequences of Bajwa’s reign which has seen the army's dominance over Pakistan’s polity weaken. Addressing Pakistan’s new internal instabilities might now demand a lot more Indian attention than Rawalpindi’s diplomatic reset
Tue, Oct 11, 2022
October 04, 2022 04:04 IST
President Putin has no choice but escalation, given Russia’s current standing in the Russia-Ukraine war. This will test both Moscow's adversaries and friends
Tue, Oct 04, 2022
September 27, 2022 04:00 IST
Vladimir Putin's miscalculations in Ukraine are leading to an inevitable change in the European security order to the detriment of Russia
Tue, Sep 27, 2022
September 20, 2022 04:00 IST
Whether Delhi likes it or not, Russia is locked in an unwinnable war with the West, is increasingly beholden to China, and struggling to retain its traditional primacy in inner Asia
Wed, Sep 21, 2022
September 12, 2022 15:50 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: After Russian retreat from Kharkiv, there is no question that the global narrative on the war in Ukraine is beginning to change
Tue, Sep 13, 2022
September 06, 2022 03:50 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: There is deep political resistance and bureaucratic inertia against any effort to recast defence policies in both capitals. There is much that Delhi and Tokyo could do together in meeting their common security challenges.
Wed, Sep 07, 2022
August 30, 2022 04:30 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: After 1998, India premised its strategy on building ‘credible minimum deterrence’. The time has come to reflect on what is ‘credible’ and redefine what ‘minimum’ might be.
Tue, Aug 30, 2022
August 23, 2022 03:58 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: 'Strategic play' must guide India in the coming years — reducing the power gap with China, building the capacity to deter Beijing’s aggressive actions on its land and maritime frontiers, and rebalancing the Indo-Pacific.
Tue, Aug 23, 2022
August 15, 2022 18:36 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Our diplomatic discourse remains trapped in a framework that emerged when India was weak and vulnerable 75 years ago. The fears of a 'developing nation' can’t be the guiding principles for the diplomacy of a 'developed nation'.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
August 08, 2022 15:52 IST
C Raja Mohan writes: Good news from India's eastern frontier with Bangladesh raises a hope: If we can do it in the east, where the sources and consequences of Partition were far more complex, it should not be impossible to normalise the western frontier with Pakistan
Tue, Aug 09, 2022
August 01, 2022 16:47 IST
C. Raja Mohan writes: Pakistan needs a fresh start. Ending the stalemate with India will expand the diplomatic, political and economic space for it to navigate its multiple current crises
Tue, Aug 02, 2022


